Author's Organization:Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hoshi University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hoshi University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hoshi University
Highly diastereoselective reaction of chiral o-[2-(1, 3-Oxazolidinyl)]benzaldehydes (4-6) with alkylmetallic reagents provides a new synthetic method for chiral 3-alkylphthalides.